Happy new year!

This must had been the laziest year end for me in recent memory. We read, slept, took long walks, generally lazed about. Took a day trip to 'Napa valley'.It drizzled all day that day. But rain made Napa prettier. We had a candle lit picnic in V Sattui's celler where it had put up picnic tables because of the rain. Later, we drove up to Santa Rosa thru Springfield Blvd. The moss on the trees were deep green.We drove through the clouds - the only 2 cars on the road almost all the way down.
Also Finished 'From here to Eternity'. -the first book in James Jones' war trilogy that includes 'A thin red line' and 'The Whistle'. I was not familiar with Jones' writing and read it without any expectations. Very moving.
Catching up on functional reading. Hope to stay off fiction for the next 3 months.Need to work my ass off.